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" A wonderful opportunity to purchase a substantial, contemporary family home, occupying a generous plot on the outskirts of this sought-after village. Cripplegate has been substantially extended and thoughtfully modernised over recent years combining light and spacious rooms with a generous comfortable arrangement of bedroom accommodation. Highlights include a bespoke fitted kitchen, an impressive hardwood double glazed garden room opening from the dining room framing the established garden and providing impressive views, a most spacious studio room with a feature vaulted ceiling offering a variety of potential uses including being combined with the fifth bedroom suite above the garage to create a self-contained annexe (if required). The accommodation comprises a reception hallway, kitchen, breakfast room, dining room, garden room, sitting room, utility room, downstairs cloakroom/wc, landing, four double bedrooms, four-piece en-suite bathroom to the master bedroom with a separate family bathroom, fifth bedroom above with a further en-suite shower room. Cripplegate is approached via a five-bar gate leading to a sweeping gravel driveway providing parking for several vehicles leading to a double garage. The rear garden provides a mature setting for the house, laid predominantly to lawn with a generous patio area for entertaining. Viewing highly recommended.

LOCATION 'Cripplegate' is situated on the edge of this popular rural Village surrounded by well maintained agricultural land. Cottered is a small Village situated on the A507 road approximately two miles west of Buntingford and five miles east of Baldock. The Village has a Church, Public House/Restaurant, a Community Centre and sports field. Buntingford provides further schools, shops, recreation and general amenities with the towns of Letchworth, Hitchin, Baldock and Stevenage all within easy reach and having railway stations with services to London. There is a wide selection of both state and private schools in the District including Freeman College, St Edmunds College, Haileybury and Bishops Stortford College together with the Perse Schools in Cambridge and St Francis College for Girls in Letchworth. THE ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES Wide hardwood double doors opening to: RECEPTION HALLWAY Wide 'L' shaped reception hallway, limestone tiled floor, staircase rising to the first floor with low level lighting, downlighters, column style school radiator and sealed unit double glazed window to the front elevation. Oak internal doors. KITCHEN 14'1' x 13'0' (4.29m x 3.96m) Fitted with a comprehensive range of contemporary designed 'SieMatic' white high gloss units by Nicholas Anthony, fitted around a central dark Rift oak kitchen island with work surfaces finished in mottled natural granite. Inset sink unit with counter mounted stainless steel mixer tap, a range of integrated appliances including twin Neff stainless steel ovens with a ceramic touch control hob with stainless steel splashback and a Neff stainless steel extractor canopy. Further appliances include an integrated dishwasher, American style stainless steel fridge/freezer and microwave. Limestone tiled floor, column style school radiator, downlighters, useful understairs storage cupboard, sealed unit double glazed window to the rear elevation, oak double doors opening to the dining/garden room with wide square arch opening to: BREAKFAST ROOM 13'10' x 9'11' (4.22m x 3.02m) Finished with continuation of limestone tiled floor with contrasting walnut wooden flooring to the breakfast area with ample space for table, downlighters, central heating thermostat, sealed unit double glazed window to the front elevation, column style school radiator. The breakfast room leads to the rear lobby with a stable door to the rear garden, further sealed unit double glazed window to the side with further doors to: SITTING ROOM 16'6' x 12'10' (5.03m x 3.91m) Featuring a substantial 'Scan' wood burning stove with glass semi-circular hearth, continuation of walnut wooden flooring, recess for wall mounted television, integrated surround sound system, two sealed unit double glazed windows to the side elevation with a further sealed unit double glazed window to the front elevation, downlighters and column style school radiator. UTILITY ROOM 12'8' x 8'9' (3.86m x 2.67m) Fitted with further base and drawer units with an integrated sink unit with mixer tap, space and plumbing for additional appliances, oil-fired floor-standing boiler, continuation of limestone tiled flooring, downlighters, sealed unit double glazed window to the rear elevation and stable door to the side of the property. Radiator and door to: DOWNSTAIRS CLOAKROOM / WC Fitted with a low level wc with chrome push button flush and a wall mounted hand wash basin, continuation of limestone tiled floor, electric wall mounted heater and sealed unit double glazed window to the side elevation. DINING ROOM 14'4' x 11'3' (4.37m x 3.43m) Featuring stylish oak flooring with matching oak joinery, an impressive 'Scan' wood burning stove with circular glass hearth, column style school radiator, wall light points, ample space for generous dining table, opening through to: GARDEN ROOM 15'1' x 13'10' (4.60m x 4.22m) A magnificent addition to the rear of the property creating an open-plan feel to the accommodation, finished with sealed unit double glazed windows set to an attractive hardwood frame with an apex roof affording wonderful views of the garden creating a feeling of light and space, vented roof, double doors opening to the garden and continuation of stylish oak flooring. STUDIO 29'0' x 14'8' (8.84m x 4.47m) A most flexible additional room currently being used as a home office but offering a variety of potential uses and could be combined with the fifth bedroom suite above to create a self-contained annexe if so required. Featuring a part-vaulted ceiling with downlighters, double glazed triple oak bi-folding doors opening onto the terrace and garden, limestone tiled floor, two column style school radiators with a door opening to the second staircase rising to the fifth bedroom suite above the double garage. FIRST FLOOR LANDING Two column style school radiators, two sealed unit double glazed windows to the front elevation, airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder, downlighters and doors to: BEDROOM ONE 14'6' x 12'7' (4.42m x 3.84m) Feature vaulted ceiling, wall light points, column style school radiator and sealed unit double glazed window to the rear elevation. Doorway to: EN-SUITE BATHROOM Fitted with a deep curved bath with a central deck mounted chrome mixer tap and shower attachment, low level wc with chrome push button flush, vanity hand wash basin with chrome mixer tap and a corner shower cubicle with fitted rain shower. White tiled walls with contrasting chocolate brown tiled floor, downlighters, column style school radiator, extractor fan and sealed unit double glazed window to the rear elevation. BEDROOM TWO 14'5' x 10'4' (4.39m x 3.15m) Dual aspect provided by sealed unit double glazed windows to both the front and rear elevations, column style school radiator and downlighters. BEDROOM THREE 12'10' x 11'2' (3.91m x 3.40m) Featuring a vaulted ceiling with a wooden staircase rising to a mezzanine level ideally suited as a bedroom for older children, column style school radiator, sealed unit double glazed Velux window to the side elevation and a further sealed unit double glazed window to the front elevation. CONT'D/... BEDROOM FOUR 10'2' x 9'2' (3.10m x 2.79m) With a column style school radiator and sealed unit double glazed window to the rear elevation. FAMILY BATHROOM Fitted with a modern white three-piece suite comprising a tiled panelled bath with chrome mixer tap and shower attachment, wall mounted hand wash basin and a low level wc with chrome push button flush, column style school radiator, white tiled walls with contrasting chocolate brown tiled floor, downlighters, extractor fan and sealed unit double glazed window to the rear elevation. BEDROOM FIVE 17'6' x 12'7' (5.33m x 3.84m) A generous fifth bedroom suite accessed via a second staircase rising from the Studio. The bedroom could be used in conjunction with the Studio to form an annexe if so required. Measurements include the en-suite. Electric panel heater, wardrobe recess and a sealed unit double glazed Velux window to the side elevation. Door to: EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM Fitted with a white three-piece suite comprising a wall mounted hand wash basin and a low level wc with chrome push button flush and a corner shower cubicle with fitted Triton shower, natural stone tiled floor, contrasting tiled walls, downlighters, column style towel heater. OUTSIDE FRONT The property is situated towards the end of a tree-lined Lane on the outskirts of this popular village behind an established front garden laid predominantly to lawn interspersed by a wide sweeping gravelled driveway approached by a five-bar wooden gate providing ample off-road parking with mature specimen boundary trees enhancing the private nature of the location. Access to the side of the property to the rear garden and driveway leading to the double garage. DOUBLE GARAGE Substantial double garage with electric roller door, power and light plus plumbing for washing machine. REAR GARDEN A further highlight of the property is the established rear garden featuring a substantial paved terrace, ideal for entertaining, with the garden beyond laid predominantly to lawn interspersed with mature specimen trees with the garden enclosed by close-panelled ranch style and trellis fencing with mature boundary shrubbery. Outside tap, lighting and electrical sockets. SERVICES Mains water, electricity and drainage is to a private system with oil-fired central heating. AGENTS NOTE There is a sound surround system serving the kitchen, breakfast room, sitting room and en-suite. You may download, store and use the material for your own personal use and research. 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